Segregation against African Americans began after slavery was abolished and targeted not just black people but also other races. The Plessy v. Ferguson ruling established the "separate but equal" doctrine allowing racial segregation. The Jim Crow laws further enforced segregation in public facilities. The Civil Rights movement worked to abolish segregation and racism through important figures and events like Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier in baseball, Rosa Parks' bus protest, Brown v. Board of Education ruling segregation in schools unconstitutional, and Martin Luther King Jr's leadership and "I Have a Dream" speech.

1. Segregation By Stephen Albovias P.3 English:Mrs. Nicastro

2. Segregation against African Americans have been a problem ever since slavery was abolished . Segregation was not only targeted at African Americans, but also at any race that was different, such as Asians, Mexicans, and Jews. Racial Segregation

3. The Plessy vs. Ferguson rulings are famous for the phrase ”separate but equal.” The phrase meaning a separate public facility for whites and coloreds was fair as shown in the picture above.

4. The Jim Crow Laws further embellished the Plessy vs. Ferguson rulings. These laws held the same standards, but for public facilities and accommodations.

5. A large African-American population moved out of the south to states that did not sponsor laws like Jim Crow’s. African Americans who felt oppressed saw freedom in the north, midwest, and the western states.

6. Jackie Robinson one of the most famous colored baseball players became a symbol for the end of segregation. His talent in sports created a controversy that made fans begin to think segregation was unjust.

7. Rosa Parks famous for her refusal to give up her seat to a white man led to a boycott of the Montgomery Bus company. Her stand was a major turning point in the Civil Rights movement.

8. In the year preceding Rosa Parks’ controversial stand, Brown vs. the Board of Education overturned the Plessy vs. Ferguson. The NAACP backed Brown case won declaring segregation in public schools unconstitutional. *NAACP-National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

9. Integration encouraged by President Eisenhower was opposed by some state governments. National guards were called in to oppose the state troopers preventing the entrance of the nine African American students who were to begin the integration process in Little Rock, Arkansas.

10. In 1957 Martin Luther King Jr. and others created the Southern Christian Fellowship Leadership Conference as part of the Civil Rights movement. The goal of the fellowship was to totally abolish racism and segregation.

11. At Martin Luther King’s March on Washington, where he presented his famous “I Have A Dream,” speech which in essence eventually came true, thousands heard the call to abolish segregation, racism, and to promote equality. Today MLK’s dream has come true and segregation has been abolished in America.

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